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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

- GEORGE D. PAUL, OF ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENT, TO THE PAUL POCKET BRAOE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

POCKET FOR WEARING-APPAREL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,841, dated May 3, 1881.

Application filed January 13, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom 'Lt may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE D. PAUL, of Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and 5 usefulImprovementsin Wearing-Apparel, and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make-and use the same,

l reference being had to the accompanying drawin gs, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in wearing-apparel and it consists in a strength- 1 5 ening stay or brace for pockets, the object being to adapt pockets to withstand all tearing and ripping strain to which they may in ordinary use be subjected.

With this end in view my invention consists,

2o essentially, in stitching a re-enforcing band to the upper edge of a pocket, passing the ends of the said hand through slits in the body of the cloth forming the back of the pocket, at each of the upper corners thereof, and securing the said ends to the rear face of the material forming the back of the pocket, or the material contiguous thereto.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a pocket re-enforced in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a view showing a different form of pocket provided with my improved re-enforcing band.

Let A represent the body of the garment to 3 5 which the pocket is attached.

B represents a piece of fabric forming the back of the pocket, the same being stitched to the body of the garment A. The inner face of the upper edge, 0, of the pocket is provided 40 with a re-enforcing band or strip, D, of any firm fabric or material, stitched thereto. Said band 1), which is stitched to the inner face of the edge of the pocket, as described, is longer than the pocket is broad, and is stitched to the edge thereof in such manner that ends a a of substantially the same length will be left at each of the upper corners of the pocket. Said ends a a are now passed through longitudinal slits aw in the corners of the pocket, and are stitched or otherwise secured to the rear face of the back thereof, or the material contiguous thereto, at that angle with the edge of the pocket which offers the greatest resistance to tearing and ripping strain, said angle varying with the position of the pocket and the style thereof, for it is apparent that my invention is capable of being applied to any form of pocket, as desired.

In explanation of the above it will suffice to say that after passing through the slits in the back of the pocket the ends of the band should take such a direction up or down as to bein a line parallel with that in which the greatest strain is exerted. Forillustration return to Fig. 1 of the drawings. Here it will be observed that the upper end, a, of the band is turned back and secured to the cloth forming the band of the garment at an angle slightly acute with the edge 0 of the pocket, for, as will be seen, the hand on being thrust into the pocket will exert its greatest tearing strain in a direct line, and consequently in a line parallel with the lower end of the band a. In this form of pocket very little strain comes on the upper corner, and the position of the upper end of the band is of minor import.

Again, in Fig. 3, which exhibits a different style of pocket, the ends a a of the re-enforcing band are in different position from that shown in Figs. 1 and 2. It would appear that 80 as thehands are thrust vertically into the pockct the ends a a should be turned up at right angles with the edge thereof; but here a lateral strain tending to throw the edge of the pocket awayfrom the back piece is to be provided against; hence the ends ca will assume a position intermediate between the two lines in which the two rending strains are exerted.

In practicing my invention it will be well to guard the vertical slits a (1, against raveling by overcasting their edges in the so-called button-hole or other stitch or securin g them to the band; also, the ends of the re-enforcing band, after being passed through the slits a a should be drawn taut before being fastened,

p as any fullness of the band would exert an undue strain at the point of passing through the material forming the back of the pocket.

I am aware that pockets have been re-enforced by a'band stitched to the inner face of the upper edge thereof; but the ends of such bands have been then turned in and stitched to the front face of the back portion of the pocket. It will be observed that here thereis no opportunity for varying the manner in which the ends of the re-enforcing band are secured, and thus accommodate the invention to the different styles of pocket also, the ren ding or tearing strain will necessarily fall on one or more stitches at a time, so the strain is not exerted through the entire length, but only on that portion of the band nearest the corners of the pockets.

By means of my invention, as hereinbefore shown, the strain is made to fall on the whole length of the ends at once, and hence they will be able to withstand it, while the old form will, by the successive loosening and breaking of single stitches, finally offer no re-enforeenient to the pocket.

By passing the ends of the band through the back of the pocket and securing them thereto, or to contiguous material at different angles, as required, an entirely difl'erent and eminently satisfactory result will be obtained, as hereinbefore set forth.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In an article otwearing-apparel, a pocket having a reenforcingband,G,stitched to theouter portion of the pocket-opening, the ends of said re-enforcing band being inserted in slits cutin the garment and secured to the material contiguous to the inner portion of the pocket, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand.

GEORGE 1). PAUL.

Witnesses:

J. RUFUs AMIDoN, WM. F. LE'IT. 

